Send me Recipes!!!

I need recipes! I haven't been cooking much lately...maybe a little longer than that. The kids and I aren't eating well, and I really don't want to get them stuck on bad habits at their young age. So, here's your challenge: send me your favorite recipes or your old stand-by recipes. I'm really going to make an effort to start cooking several dishes on the weekends and freezing them to eat during the week. One of my friends does once-a-month cooking, so I'm trying to ease myself into that for my little family of 3. Now...flood me with comments with your faves!

Book Roast

I just found out about a blog called Book Roast. Being an avid reader, this sounds great to me. Check it out...

(From Book Roast) We slice and serve one author a day for fun and prizes and a good, old fashioned roasting. First, we whet your appetite with a short excerpt from the author's book, followed by three questions loosely related to the passage. Some questions are silly, others are straightforward and the rest are plain crunchy. For dessert, the author picks the winner who answers the most questions correctly – or the most creatively. We like spice, but some authors prefer things sweet, which makes Book Roast deliciously unpredictable.The prize: a free copy of the author's book (and an occasional surprise!) Each contest runs 9am - 9pm Eastern Time (U.S.) Best of all, authors will pop into the blog throughout the day to answer questions, share a laugh and toss out some insider tidbits.

The Night Visitor

Last night (actually early this morning) I awoke to the sound of someone coming out of my sons' room. I heard the little body come into my room and climb up in my rocker recliner. I still didn't know who it was at this point. I finally figured out when he coughed that it was Twin B. He never said a word to me, and he didn't try to get in my bed. Actually I don't think it's my bed anymore anyway. Sophie has taken it over and I have a very tiny space in which she allows me to sleep. As Spy Scribbler pointed out, I'm such a sucker! Yes, in 3 short days, the dog already rules the roost!!! So, Twin B comes into my room about 12:30 a.m., never says a word, and crawls up in my rocker recliner and goes to sleep. I'd wake up periodically and hear him shifting or something. At 2:10 a.m. he got up and went back to his room, again without saying a word. I don't know if he was just missing me and wanted to be close or what, but I thought it was really sweet.

This morning when I went outside with Sophie for her walk we spotted a rabbit in our courtyard. I thought she was going to rip my arm off trying to get that rabbit! When she finally got done thoroughly inspecting the area where the rabbit had been, I thought we were ready to get down to business. I'll be darned if that dang rabbit wasn't right around the next corner we turned. It took me twice as long as usual to get her to do her business this morning because she thought the whole point of being out there today was to GET THAT RABBIT!!! I'm glad I'm finally at work and I can relax!

Sophie

Sophie is the newest addition to our family. The ex-husband finally came and picked up his dogs and I thought I was free! Well, Twin B had other things in mind. He cried and cried and kept calling Trixie's name. So we all load up in the car and go to the Humane Society which is conveniently open until 8:00 p.m. on Friday nights. Twin B picked this dog and Twin A picked the name Sophie. I'm not sure Zippy (the cat) is too thrilled with the decision, but the boys sure are! Sophie just wants to play with Zippy so badly and Zippy just wants to be left alone. I figure it will work itself out in a couple of weeks. I really love dogs. I would have a zillion of them if I could. Now I'm ready to move into a house with a fenced in yard. Then maybe we could get Sophie a companion doggie so she'd leave poor Zippy alone.

Gone to the Dogs

The days following my day from HELL (see post below) have been much better. All that happened that day was just so unexpected, I panicked! I now have a harness that fits for both dogs. I have convinced my kids to stay inside most of the time while I walk the dogs so that I'm not trying to keep up with 2 3-year olds and 2 terrier dogs who are prone to running away. One of them got out yesterday while we were out the door to go swimming. Luckily she ran down a path that was a dead end so I was able to get her. Now that I'm not so stressed about having them in my place, I'm actually kind of enjoying it. The kids are glad they're there too. I think we'll all miss them when they're gone...well, everyone except for the cat. He has been displaced the most. The dogs have taken over his feeding area while his food has been placed on the counter so the dogs won't eat it. They've taken over his bed at night too. I don't see him around much. The dogs and cat don't fight, but they're definitely not best friends either! I'm so glad the weekend went smoother than expected.

What unexpected hurdle or surprise have you dealt with lately? And how was your weekend? I hope everyone has a great week.

The Day from HELL

Yesterday started out just like any other day. At 9:51 a.m. my cell phone rang. I didn't recognize the number, but I could tell from the prefix it was from the city I lived in until I got divorced. I answered the phone and it is the city animal services. They tell me they've got my dogs. Well, the dogs stayed with my ex when I moved. I asked how they even knew they were my dogs and they said a neighbor told them. I got off the phone with animal services and call my ex. He has no idea how the dogs got out of the house. He didn't even leave them outside for the day. I then call my old next door neighbor to see if she is the one that gave animal control my phone number. She was. She said she woke up and there were police, a locksmith and a moving van outside my ex's house. I guess the ex should have paid his mortgage! So I call him back and tell him what's going on. Isn't it sad that I'm the one who figures out WTF is going on and he has no clue? Just one of the many reasons for the divorce. Needless to say, he is temporarily homeless. He's staying with his mother until he can move into an apartment. Now the 2 dogs who I love dearly and have missed so much are staying with me until the ex can get into his apartment. It has not been the most pleasant of experiences. One of the harnesses for the dogs is too small, so I can only walk one of them at a time. While I was walking one, the other one pooped inside and stepped in it, tracking it all over the carpet. Argggggh!!! At least my cat and the dogs seemed to be getting along fine. I just can't wait to see what I'll find when I get home from work today. So, how was your day?

Spidermen

Here is another picture of my super heroes. That's Twin A in the black Spiderman costume and Twin B in the red one. Notice how they've got their hands positioned to let their webs out! I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day.